Lentils the worlds most nutritious Fast Food
The Lentil crop can survive much drier conditions than say Chickpeas but are wiped out periodically by ”Rust.” some 20,000 ha were wiped out in
Richard Higgins
December 3, 2023
Short Straw – the blight of modern farming
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As a researcher and advocator of truly organic systems one of the main errors in modern farming is that of the breeding of short straw varieties of cereal crops. The main source of fertiliser on a mixed farm is straw. The cheapest form of building houses with the best insulation properties is with straw. The traditional roofing material of thatching with straw is a very good one and is only attainable with long straw – Thus
The Straw Revolution!
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English grown Baked Beans
The is a really good example of persistence in plant breeding. Baked beans grown at a Lincolnshire farm as part of an innovative project led
Richard Higgins
December 1, 2023
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